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Michael P Byron is the author of The Path Through Infinity's Rainbow: Your Guide to Personal Survival and Spiritual Transformation in a World Gone Mad. This book is a manual for taking effective action to deal with the crises of our age including global climate change, peak oil, and political failure to deal with these and other problems. His previous book is Infinity's Rainbow: The Politics of Energy, Climate and Globalization. Byron-has a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, Irvine.--He teaches all aspects of Political Science and Political Economy in local colleges in the San Diego area.- He was the Democratic Party's candidate for United States Congress in California's 49th Congressional District in 2004. In 2002,-he- ran as a write-in candidate upon discovering that the Republican incumbent, Darrell Issa, had no major-party challenger.
Mike lives in Oceanside, CA with his wife, Ramona Byron. Both are Navy veterans.
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Monday, August 4, 2014Empire in Chaos: Why America is Destabilizing the Planet Assessment of the actual motives of the US government with respect to Russia, China, etc. and the implications of this.
Wednesday, July 23, 2014Revolution Begins With You! Given the vast existential problems of our civilization, we usually feel overwhelmed and powerless. While understandable, this is not necessary. There ARE actions we can undertake at our personal individual level which offer the prospect of revolutionary change at the societal level...
Monday, July 14, 2014At War With Reality: The Absolute Insanity of Humanity's Rulers. Human society is organized in a manner inconsistent with reality. Trillions of tons of frozen methane in the Arctic Ocean will be vented in the near future due to warming ocean temperatures. If this happens, we go extinct. Yet, we do nothing...
Saturday, June 28, 2014The Battle of Evermore Call to action on accelerating arctic methane releases. These releases will bring about the near term extinction of life on Earth unless drastic action is taken now.
Monday, June 9, 2014Days of Future Past Assessment of our near-term future. Specifically evaluates the interrelationships between climate change and the economy.
Friday, May 30, 2014The Carbon Trap: Why the Heavens are Silent and What That Means for Humanity. Assessment of what global warming may tell us, as to the answer to the Fermi Paradox.
Sunday, May 25, 2014Neoliberalism: the Destroyer of Worlds. Analysis of foreseeable effects of neoliberalism upon American society, upon global civilization, and upon our prospects for a future.
Sunday, October 6, 2013Twilight of the (False) Gods. Analysis of causal factors underlying the ongoing US government shutdown.
Saturday, August 10, 2013Lies, Damnable Lies, and Pseudo-Scientific Obscurantism. Declining net energy per capita has caused economic growth to slow to the point that financial speculation based upon it faces implosion, triggering a disinformation campaign about fracking.
Tuesday, August 6, 2013Declining Net Energy and the Trajectory of Global Civilization Rapidly declining net energy means that POST World War II society is over. We must seize the initiative if there is to be a decent future.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012Clash of Civilizations? Perhaps Not. Assessment of the underlying causes of the current Mid-East violence.
Sunday, September 2, 2012Campaign 2012: Sound and Fury Signifying Nothing. Candid assessment of the 2012 Presidential election campaign.
Tuesday, August 14, 2012Revolution, Evolution, or is it "Revolutionary Evolution"? We find ourselves today at, arguably, the most pivotal moment in the short history of our species. Given that the fate of all life on Earth is now hanging in the balance, we likely stand at the single most pivotal instant in the multi-billion year saga of life on Earth. What we do, or fail to do, in the coming years will decide the fate of our species, and possibly of all Earthlife...
Sunday, August 5, 2012Hell on Earth No holds barred assessment of humanity's present, dire predicaments.
Thursday, March 22, 2012Change--Real Change--Is Coming! Assessment of looming multiple crises of civilization andpossible responses.
Saturday, March 3, 2012The Electrici-Tea Party: When Greed Is Not So Good for the Greedy My wife's response to bullying by our local electric company over our not giving them our surplus home solar electricity for free.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012It's Now or Never! Human civilization is at a birfucation point. Either we fundamentally change everythinng now, or we collapse in flames. Now is the time for each of us to contribute all we can to bringing about fundamental change.
Thursday, January 6, 2011Book Review: A Users Guide to the Crisis of Civilization and How to Save It. By Nafeez Ahmed. Review of Dr. Nafeez Ahmed's new book: "A User's Guide to the Crisis of Civilization and How to Save It."
Friday, December 24, 2010Obama versus Progressives Analysis of the relationship between progressives and the Obama Presidency.
Friday, November 26, 2010Space; Our Last Chance Suggests that the present moment in history may offer more possibilities than one might think....
